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Drug or drug combination Cancer<br />

IARC Group 2A<br />

Androgenic (anabolic) steroids Liver <strong>cancer</strong><br />

Bis(chloroethyl) nitrosourea (BCNU) Leukaemia<br />

Chloramphenicol Leukaemia<br />

1-(2-Chloroethyl)-3-cyclohexyl-1-nitrosourea (CCNU) Leukaemia<br />

Etoposide Leukaemia<br />

5-Methoxypsoralen Skin <strong>cancer</strong><br />

Nitrogen mustard Skin <strong>cancer</strong><br />

Procarbazine hydrochloride Leukaemia<br />

Teniposide Leukaemia<br />

Table 2.14 Medicinal drugs that are probably carcinogenic to humans (IARC Group 2A).<br />

REFERENCES<br />

1. Selbey JV, Friedman GD, Herrinton LJ (1996)<br />

Pharmaceuticals other than hormones. In: Schottenfeld D,<br />

Fraumeni, JF eds, Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention,<br />

New York, Oxford University Press, 489-501.<br />

2. Bernstein JF, Henderson BE (1996) Exogenous hormones.<br />

In: Schottenfeld D, Fraumeni, JF eds, Cancer<br />

Epidemiology and Prevention, New York, Oxford University<br />

Press, 462-488.<br />

3. IARC (1998) Hormonal Contraception and Post-<br />

Menopausal Hormonal Therapy (IARC Monographs on the<br />

Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans, Vol. 72),<br />

Lyon, IARCPress.<br />

4. IARC (1996) Some Pharmaceutical Drugs (IARC<br />

Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to<br />

Humans, Vol. 66), Lyon, IARCPress.<br />

50 The causes of <strong>cancer</strong><br />

5. White IN (2001) Anti-oestrogenic drugs and endometrial<br />

<strong>cancer</strong>s. Toxicol Lett, 120: 21-29.<br />

6. IARC (2000) Some Antiviral and Antineoplastic Drugs<br />

and Other Pharmaceutical Agents (IARC Monographs on<br />

the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans, Vol. 76),<br />

Lyon, IARCPress.<br />

7. IARC (1999) Surgical Implants and Other Foreign<br />

Bodies (IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of<br />

Carcinogenic Risks to Humans, Vol. 74), Lyon, IARCPress.<br />

The recent past has not been marked by<br />

major discoveries in relation to <strong>cancer</strong> causation<br />

by drugs. This situation is attributable,<br />

at least in part, to the vigilance<br />

imposed by national authorities in relation<br />

to preclinical and clinical drug testing.<br />

Putative drugs exhibiting activity in relevant<br />

carcinogen-screening tests are unlikely to<br />

be carried forward to final development<br />

and marketing. Consequently, the prevention<br />

of <strong>cancer</strong> attributable to medical treatment<br />

is not identified as a major public<br />

health need.<br />

WEBSITE<br />

IARC Monographs programme, online search facility:<br />

http://monographs.<strong>iarc</strong>.fr

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